Christian
Education:
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ADULT SMALL GROUP
STUDY TOPICS
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9:30 AM Study Topics:
THE INVISIBLE WAR
Steve Wolbrink Room 109
Beneath our tangible landscape lurks an invisible spiritual realm where unseen battles rage. It’s real & it’s dangerous. If you’re prepared to remove the blinders and gaze into this unseen world, Chip Ingram is ready to take you there.
Hang onto your seat. It’s going to be a journey inside the very folds of our Bibles; a journey that will teach us about our greatest foe, Satan. Although this lying thief comes to steal, kill and destroy, God details in His Word the battle plan to uncover Satan’s cunning deceptions and to resist his sinister schemes.
Cost for materials: $11.00.
THE EPICENTER
Pastor Wayne Fellowship Hall
The eyes of the world are on the Epicenter. Iran’s president vows to wipe Israel off the map & says the end of the world is just 2 or 3 years away. A leading US presidential candidate says that if Iran goes nuclear, we could have Armageddon. Russia signs a billion-dollar arms deal with Iran & helps Iran build nuclear facilities. The president of the US refuses to rule out preemptive nuclear strikes to stop Iran.
What does the future hold? How will it affect your world? The politics of the Middle East can be murky and confusing. But one thing is increasingly certain: the eyes of the nations are riveted upon Israel and her neighbors., the epicenter of the momentous events shaking our world and shaping our future. And now a crisis is brewing…..
Cost for this study book is $20.00.
PARENTING THE EARLY YEARS
(10 Biblical Traits Your Kids Will Remember You For)
Pastor Brian & Tonya Anderberg Fireside Room
Choose the parent you’ll be and you choose the child you’ll raise. When it comes to parenting, who you are is more important than what you do. After all, your child internalizes your traits more than anyone else’s on the planet. And that’s why Les & Leslie Parrott give you a proven plan for cultivating the traits you most want your child to have.
Discover the most important question you’ll ever ask as a parent. Discover the three step method to avoid being the parent you don’t want to be. Discover the secret to making your ‘intentional traits’ stick on even your worst days and much more.
Cost for this DVD study material is $10.00.
Duane Beukelman Room 108
Since even Nicodemus, a ruling religious leader of Jesus’ day, needed a complete, specific explanation of what ‘born again’ really means, those of us in the 21st century modern church can DEFINITELY use a good hard-hitting “self-examination” on the subject.
The New Testament is packed with different signs, or ‘marks’, of a truly born again person. In light of the fact that our eternal destiny weighs in the balance over the issue of whether we’ve been born again or not, it’s obviously a good idea to check those ‘signs’ or ‘marks’ against our own lives, to see if we‘re on the right path. The beautiful nature trail in Sedona, AZ, is used as a visual allegory, to explain the evident proofs, or ‘marks’ that someone has truly been born again.
Cost for this DVD study materials is $10.00.
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11:00 AM Study Topics
A MOVEMENT CONTINUES (ACTS)
Pastor Wayne Mueller Room 109
This study group has completed study in the first 15 chapters of this New Testament book. Chapter 16 will be the subject of study on September 7th. The Acts of the Apostles reads as a sequel, second after the Gospel of Luke. Most likely penned by the same author, Acts is equally orderly, well researched, and clearly written. It reports the birth, infancy and explosive growth of the Church of Jesus Christ, picking up the story at the day of Jesus’ ascension and continuing to approximately A.D. 63.
Acts features the same protagonist as does Luke’s Gospel, Jesus of Nazareth. In this second book, however, Jesus speaks only on two occasions in chapter 1, witnessed by a crowd of people; and again in chapter 9, seen and heard by only one man. Nevertheless, Jesus’ presence pervades the book from beginning to end.
Cost of the study material is $5.00.
STUDIES IN REVELATION
JOE HEINZ FELLOWSHIP HALL
This last book of the New Testament with all of its symbolism, is difficult to understand, especially for the layperson. Theologians have been examining it for centuries and have major differences on its meaning. However, according to the New Testament and Wycliffe Bible Commentary, the very name of the book - ‘Revelation’ , is derived from the Latin revelation meaning ‘to reveal or unveil that which was hidden’.
There are at least four principle schools of interpretation listed in the above commentary. For our purposes, we will adopt the ‘Futurist Scheme of Interpretation’. We will assume that this book is a prophecy of things that were to come after it was written by John. Christ allowed John to actually see into the future. Christ gave him this experience to prepare him, and the generations to follow, for the last days, for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cost for this study material is $4.50
CHILDREN’S CHURCH
"GOD IS IN CHARGE"
Ray/Miriam Hegwood Children’s Center
These are days when nations are crumbling, leaders are seeking more power, and men’s hearts are failing them for fear. There is a battle going on wherever we turn. Boys & girls are often in the very center of distressful and hurtful experiences. But the Lord is in charge! He knows it all, and nothing is out of His control. Children need this assurance and they need all the encouragement we can give them. This little book will help them. It is not a complete doctrinal course, but it is certain to be beneficial.
These presentations will emphasize the importance of knowing the framework of your Bible. Each session will include games, songs, and other fun-related happenings. The lessons will feature - His Works, His Promises, His Care of Us - and being aware of who our enemy is!
Children age 4 thru 5th grade - are encouraged to experience this great adventure. Offerings will be taken from time to time as a teaching tool towards stewardship.